Neckwear-fastening.



PATENTED AUG. 30, 1904.

A. W. PITHOUSE.

NEGKWEAR FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20, 1902.

NO MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented August 30, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR IV. PITHOUSE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO WVILLIAMH. HART, JR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

NECKWEAR-FASTENING- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.768,949, dated August 30, 1904.

Application filed November 20, 1902. Serial No. 132,161. (No model.)

To rtZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR WV. PrrHoUsE, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented new and useful Improvements in Neckwear-Fastenings, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Hy invention consists of a neckwear-fastening composed of a pin adaptedto be inserted in an article of neckwear, a shank from which said pin,depends, and a coil or bend which serves to connect the upper ends ofsaid pin and shank and is adapted to be interlocked with the article ofneckwear, so as to retain the fastening firmly in position and preventthe ascent or upward slipping of the same.

It also consists in providing the shank with means for the abutment ofthe neckband of the article of neckwear so as to limit the upward motionof said band on the pin with which it is engaged.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a neckwear-fastening embodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation thereof at a rightangle to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a side elevation similar to Fig. 2,showing the fastening in position, the adjacent portion of the articleof neckwear being in vertical section. Fig. 4 represents a perspectiveview illustrating the mode of primarily connecting the fastening with anarticle of neckwear. Fig. 5 represents a view similar to Fig. 1, showingthe fastening in operative position on an article of neckwear. Fig. 6represents a view opposite to Fig. 5. Fig. 7 represents a verticalsection, enlarged, of the fastening in position on line aa', Fig. 5.Fig. 8 represents a horizontal section thereof on line y y, Fig. 7. Fig.9 represents a side elevation of a modification of the fastening inposition.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a neckwear-fastening, the samebeingconstructed of the shank B, the pin C, the coil D, which latterconnects said shank and pin at their up per ends, together with an eye Eat the bottom of said shank, said shank and pin being parallel orcomparatively parallel and the several parts in the present case beingformed of a continuous piece of wire.

The operation is as follows: A pin is introduced into the head or properportion of an article of neckwear at two places or openings 1 and 2, asshown in Fig. 4:, and then pushed down to full extent, the wall of theopening 1 then reaching the beginning of one of the convolutions of thecoil D. The fabric of the head of the scarf or like article is-thenpushed laterally, whereby the fabric around the opening 1 slides oversaid convolution and seats itself approximately at the base D of saidconvolution. By this provision when the pin has been placed in the headof the scarf or the like the fastening A is prevented from movingupward, and consequently being displaced. Owing to the convolution Dengaging in the opening, so that the fabric of the scarf-head is heldbetween the turns of the convolution, the fastening will retain itsposition and remain securely attached to the head of the scarf or likearticle of neckwear.

The eye E, the flat side of which has a tendency to press against thelower end of the band, presents an abutment for the free end of theneckband engaging the point of the pin and prevents said band fromriding upwardly, and so limits the motion of the same.

In some cases it may be desirable to sew the fastening in position,- inwhich case the stitches 8 are passed through the coil D and the adjacentmember of the article of neckwear, as shown in Fig. 9.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A neckwear-fastener consisting of an integral piece of wirecomprising a pin and a shank united at their upper ends by aspirallyconvoluted portion, the lower portion of said shank being formedWith an eye Which is held first-named convolution and substantially in aadjacent the lower end of said pin. plane therewith.

2. A neclnvear-fastener consisting of an in- T tegi'al piece of Wirecomprising a pin and a ARCLHUR PIEHOUSE' 5 shank united at their upperends by a spirally- Witnesses:

convoluted portion, one of said parts having JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM,

a second convolution spaced away from said S. .R. CARR.

